Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Does being a millionaire seem like a far-fetched dream? What does a typical millionaire actually look like? The truth is, being one is actually more achievable than you might imagine.

There is a test done by Stanford University once, called the marshmallow test. The test is one of the most accurate indicators to predict future success in a child. Basically, the test teaches the children to delay their gratification and they will receive a far greater reward. That is essentially the same and most important attribute that we need to succeed in becoming a millionaire.

Let’s us just take a short example of a person who started working at the age of 22. She will start her career with a salary of $2,000 a month and able to save able 20% of her salary every year. To make it more realistic, we assume she will be able to get an increment on her salary of 3% a year until she topped her salary at $5,000 a month. If she is able to invest that savings and compound it at a 10% return a year, she will end up with more than $4.5 million by the time she retires at the age of 65.

Age	Wages	Savings	10% Return	6% Return
22	$  24,000.00	$    4,800.00	$          5,280.00	$          5,596.80
23	$  24,720.00	$    4,944.00	$        11,246.40	$        11,173.25
24	$  25,461.60	$    5,092.32	$        17,972.59	$        17,241.50

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63	$  60,000.00	$  12,000.00	$  3,837,325.42	$  1,351,154.96
64	$  60,000.00	$  12,000.00	$  4,234,257.96	$  1,444,944.25
65	$  60,000.00	$  12,000.00	$  4,670,883.76	$  1,544,360.91

 

More importantly, even if she just earns 6% years on her savings every year, she will still end up with $1.5 million by her retirement age. However, that is the easy part. The hard part remains; will we have the self-control to stop ourselves of spending our savings along the way?

The next time you choose being saving and spending, your decision might have a much greater impact than you might realize. Happy Investing.

 

 

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